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Union Calendar No. 41 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2779 

[Report No. 116–64] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2019 

Mr. RYAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other 

purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent12 atives, $1,350,725,000, as follows: 

13 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

14 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

15 $28,428,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

16 $7,964,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

17 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,955,000, 

18 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

19 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,682,000, 

20 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

21 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

22 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,456,000, including $5,000 for 

23 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi24 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

25 $1,904,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 


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1 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,406,000; 

2 Democratic Caucus, $2,061,000: Provided, That such 

3 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

4 from January 3, 2020 until January 2, 2021. 

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

9 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

10 $615,000,000. 

11 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN

12 MEMBER OFFICES

13 For the allowance established under section 120 of 

14 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 

15 U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 

16 in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 

17 $11,025,000, to remain available through December 31, 

18 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 

19 such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep20 resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow21 ance available under this heading during calendar year 

22 2020. 


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1 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

2 LEADERSHIP OFFICES

3 For the allowance established under section 113 of 

4 this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in 

5 House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 

6 through December 31, 2020: Provided, That of the 

7 amount provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be 

8 available for the compensation of interns who serve in 

9 House leadership offices of the majority, to be allocated 

10 among such offices by the Speaker of the House of Rep11 resentatives, and $165,000 shall be available for the com12 pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices 

13 of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by the 

14 Minority Floor Leader. 

15 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

16 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

17 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

18 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

19 $135,359,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

20 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

21 31, 2020, except that $2,850,000 of such amount shall 

22 remain available until expended for committee room up23 grading. 


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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $24,269,000, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

6 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

8 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

9 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De10 cember 31, 2020. 

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

12 For compensation and expenses of officers and em13 ployees, as authorized by law, $245,736,000, including: 

14 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ15 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

16 including not more than $25,000 for official representa17 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

18 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

19 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $32,228,000, of 

20 which $3,120,000 shall remain available until expended; 

21 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

22 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

23 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

24 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re25 ception expenses, $22,071,000, of which $10,267,000 


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1 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex2 penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

3 including not more than $3,000 for official representation 

4 and reception expenses, $164,308,000, of which 

5 $11,639,000 shall remain available until expended; for sal6 aries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 

7 $1,000,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

8 Whistleblower Ombudsman, $750,000; for salaries and ex9 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; 

10 for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

11 $1,518,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

12 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

13 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

14 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

15 $2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

16 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,419,000; for sala17 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

18 of the House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of 

19 the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for 

20 other authorized employees, $584,000. 

21 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

22 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

23 resolution or law, $290,543,000, including: supplies, mate24 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

25 $526,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 


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1 and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Gov2 ernment contributions for health, retirement, Social Secu3 rity, and other applicable employee benefits, 

4 $262,000,000, to remain available until March 31, 2021; 

5 salaries and expenses for Business Continuity and Dis6 aster Recovery, $17,668,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended; transition activities for 

8 new members and staff, $4,489,000, to remain available 

9 until expended; Wounded Warrior Program, $3,000,000, 

10 to remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 

11 Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including 

12 purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

13 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

14 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

15 $1,000,000. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP18 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

19 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

20 DEBT

21 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

22 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

23 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

24 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW25 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2020. Any 


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1 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

2 allowances for fiscal year 2020 shall be deposited in the 

3 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

4 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

5 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

6 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

7 (b) The Committee on House Administration of the 

8 House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 

9 regulations to carry out this section. 

10 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 

11 House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 

12 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 

13 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

14 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

15 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

16 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

17 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

18 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre19 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

20 month. 

21 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN

22 MEMBER OFFICES

23 SEC. 112. (a) Section 120(f) of the Legislative 

24 Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a(f)) is 

25 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 


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1 the following: ‘‘, and such sums as may be necessary for 

2 fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

3 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

4 effect as if included in the enactment of section 120 of 

5 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 

6 U.S.C. 5322a). 

7 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

8 LEADERSHIP OFFICES

9 SEC. 113. (a) There is established for the House of 

10 Representatives an allowance which shall be available for 

11 the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership 

12 offices. 

13 (b) Section 104(b) of the House of Representatives 

14 Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 

15 U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with respect to an intern who 

16 is compensated under the allowance under this section in 

17 the same manner as such section applies with respect to 

18 an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Rep19 resentational Allowance. 

20 (c) In this section — 

21 (1) the term ‘‘House leadership office’’ means, 

22 with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the 

23 appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office 

24 for the fiscal year is provided under the heading 

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1 propriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 

2 year; and 

3 (2) term ‘‘intern’’, with respect to a House 

4 leadership office, has the meaning given such term 

5 with respect to a Member of the House of Rep6 resentatives in section 104(c)(2) of the House of 

7 Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 

8 Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)). 

9 (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

10 out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 

11 year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

12 CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF

13 REPRESENTATIVES

14 SEC. 114. The head of any Federal entity that pro15 vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 

16 House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 

17 cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor18 mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 

19 to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 

20 branches of the government at all stages of providing the 

21 assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 

22 limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem23 ber information. 

24 RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS

25 SEC. 115. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

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1 tablished under House Resolution 94, Ninety Eighth Con2 gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma3 nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 

4 Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $1,000,000 is 

5 hereby rescinded. 

6 (b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 

7 appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 

8 the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 

9 ‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 

10 House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap11 propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $4,000,000 is 

12 hereby rescinded. 

13 USE OF AVAILABLE BALANCES OF EXPIRED

14 APPROPRIATIONS

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 SEC. 116. (a) Subject to section 119 of the Legisla17 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 5511), 

18 available balances of expired appropriations for the House 

19 of Representatives shall be available to the House of Rep20 resentatives— 

21 (1) for the payment of a death gratuity which 

22 is specifically appropriated by law and which is made 

23 in connection with the death of an employee of the 

24 House of Representatives, without regard to the fis25 cal year in which the payment is made; and 


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1 (2) for deposit into the account established 

2 under section 109 of the Legislative Branch Appro3 priations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 5508) for making 

4 payments of the House of Representatives to the 

5 Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 

6 of title 5, United States Code, and for reimbursing 

7 the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with 

8 respect to unemployment compensation payments for 

9 former employees of the House. 

10 (b) This section shall apply with respect to funds ap11 propriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 

12 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED FOR CHIL14 DREN OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE CHILD CARE CEN15 TER

16 SEC. 117. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative 

17 Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)) is 

18 amended by adding at the end the following new para19 graph: 

20 ‘‘(4) In the case of a child of an employee of 

21 the center who is furnished care at the center, the 

22 Chief Administrative Officer shall reduce the amount 

23 of tuition otherwise charged with respect to such 

24 child during a month by the greater of— 

25 ‘‘(A) 50 percent; or 


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1 ‘‘(B) such percentage as may be necessary 

2 to ensure that the total amount of tuition paid 

3 by the employee with respect to all children of 

4 the employee who are furnished care at the cen5 ter during the month does not exceed $1,000.’’. 

6 (b) Section 312(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 

7 2062(d)(2)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘similar bene8 fits and programs’’ the following: ‘‘(including the subsidies 

9 provided on behalf of employees of the center as a result 

10 of reductions in the amount of tuition otherwise charged 

11 with respect to children of such employees under para12 graph (4))’’. 

13 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 

14 with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal 

15 year. 

16 JOINT ITEMS 

17 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

18 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

20 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

21 of the Senate. 

22 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

24 Taxation, $11,563,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 


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1 For other joint items, as follows: 

2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

3 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex4 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

5 Physician and his assistants, including: 

6 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

7 Attending Physician; 

8 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 

9 Senior Medical Officer; 

10 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 

11 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

12 the Attending Physician; 

13 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist14 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as15 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as16 sistants; and 

17 (5) $2,800,000 for reimbursement to the De18 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

19 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend20 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

21 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

22 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex23 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

24 purposes thereof, $3,868,260, to be disbursed by the 


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1 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep2 resentatives. 

3 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres6 sional Accessibility Services, $1,509,000, to be disbursed 

7 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

8 CAPITOL POLICE 

9 SALARIES

10 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in11 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

12 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro13 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

14 benefits, $378,062,000, of which overtime shall not exceed 

15 $47,048,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 

16 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 

17 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

18 GENERAL EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ20 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

21 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

22 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

23 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

24 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro25 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 


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1 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed2 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

3 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

4 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep5 resentation and reception expenses, $85,279,000, to be 

6 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des7 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

9 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis10 cal year 2020 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security from funds available to the Department of Home12 land Security. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 SEC. 118. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple15 mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘$40,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 

17 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 

18 RIGHTS 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 

21 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 

22 $6,333,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 

23 until September 30, 2021, and of which not more than 

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1 tive Director in connection with official representation and 

2 reception expenses. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

6 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

7 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

8 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi9 cial representation and reception expenses, $52,666,000. 

10 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses in carrying out the Tech13 nology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–484; 2 

14 U.S.C. 471 et. seq.), $6,000,000, to remain available until 

15 September 30, 2021. 

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

17 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

20 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

21 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con22 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup23 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

24 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

25 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 


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1 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris2 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur3 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

4 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

5 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap6 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper7 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $124,704,000: Pro8 vided, That $10,000,000 of the funding provided shall be 

9 available until September 30, 2024 for transfer (in accord10 ance with section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appro11 priations Act, 1997; 2 U.S.C. 1862) in whole or in part 

12 to the other appropriations accounts of the Architect of 

13 the Capitol for high priority construction and renovation 

14 projects as well as project management and information 

15 technology needs: Provided further, That the Architect of 

16 the Capitol may not make such a transfer unless the Ar17 chitect submits to the Committees on Appropriations of 

18 the House of Representatives and the Senate a spending 

19 plan for the funds which are to be transferred and the 

20 Committees approve the plan. 

21 CAPITOL BUILDING

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of the Capitol, $45,912,000, of which 

24 $18,599,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2024. 


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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

5 $19,336,000, of which $7,600,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2024. 

7 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

10 and operation of the House office buildings, 

11 $153,273,000, of which $30,300,000 shall remain avail12 able until September 30, 2024, and of which $62,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

14 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Pro15 vided, That of the amount made available under this head16 ing, $8,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

17 House Office Building Fund established under section 

18 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 

19 added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro20 priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 

21 note). 

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 


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1 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

3 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga4 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

6 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

7 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su8 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

14 $102,557,000, of which $18,900,000 shall remain avail15 able until September 30, 2024: Provided, That not more 

16 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

17 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

18 for obligation during fiscal year 2020. 

19 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

22 buildings and grounds, $86,833,000, of which 

23 $57,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2024. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance4 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo5 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

6 the Capitol security operations, $52,840,000, of which 

7 $26,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2024. 

9 BOTANIC GARDEN

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

12 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex13 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

14 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com15 mittee on the Library, $15,822,000, of which $4,000,000 

16 shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided, 

17 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

18 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

19 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

20 operation of the National Garden established under sec21 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

22 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146). 

23 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

24 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

25 Capitol Visitor Center, $23,391,000. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

3 OVER BUDGET

4 SEC. 119. (a) None of the funds made available in 

5 this Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to 

6 make incentive or award payments to contractors for work 

7 on contracts or programs for which the contractor is be8 hind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the 

9 Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

10 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern11 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

12 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

13 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

14 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

18 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

19 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo20 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 

21 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 

22 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 

23 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

24 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li25 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 


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1 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one 

2 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 

3 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 

4 the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

5 $507,303,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

6 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

7 during fiscal year 2020, and shall remain available until 

8 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 

9 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library 

10 of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

11 from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 

12 of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 

13 appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total 

14 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 

15 amount by which collections are less than $6,000,000: 

16 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

17 not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi18 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

19 official representation and reception expenses for the 

20 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

21 amount appropriated, $9,110,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

23 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 

24 amount appropriated, $1,350,000 shall remain available 

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1 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of 

2 the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain 

3 available until expended for the Surplus Books Program 

4 to promote the program and facilitate a greater number 

5 of donations to eligible entities across the United States: 

6 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

7 $3,587,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

8 Veterans History Project to continue digitization efforts 

9 of already collected materials, reach a greater number of 

10 veterans to record their stories, and promote public access 

11 to the Project: Provided further, That of the total amount 

12 appropriated, $5,000,000 shall remain available until ex13 pended for the development of the Library’s Visitor Expe14 rience project, and may be obligated and expended only 

15 upon written approval by the Chair and ranking minority 

16 member of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 

17 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and by the Chair and ranking minority mem19 ber of the Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the 

20 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, following re21 view of a project budget justification and cost estimate. 

22 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

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1 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec2 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2020 

3 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 

4 Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli5 gate or expend any funds derived from collections under 

6 such section in excess of the amount authorized for obliga7 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur8 ther, That not more than $6,482,000 shall be derived from 

9 collections during fiscal year 2020 under sections 

10 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro11 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga12 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

13 are less than $49,703,000: Provided further, That of the 

14 total amount appropriated under this heading, not less 

15 than $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 

16 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2021: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 

18 the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 

19 of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright 

20 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train21 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop22 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 

23 than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the 

24 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 


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1 International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele2 gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 

3 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

4 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

5 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

6 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

7 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

8 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

9 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

10 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

11 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

12 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

15 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

16 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno17 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

18 $119,889,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

19 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

20 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

21 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

22 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

23 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

24 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

25 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 


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1 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

2 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

3 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con4 fidential CRS product includes any written product con5 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

6 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

7 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

8 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

9 and does not include material prepared in response to 

10 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re11 search. 

12 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

15 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 

16 135a), $56,945,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

17 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

18 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

19 residents at no cost to the individual. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

22 SEC. 120. (a) For fiscal year 2020, the obligational 

23 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de24 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $231,975,000. 


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1 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re2 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 

3 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 

4 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch. 

5 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

6 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 For authorized publishing of Congressional informa9 tion and the distribution of Congressional information in 

10 any format; publishing of Government publications au11 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

12 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

14 to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appro15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

17 Representatives, Resident Commissioner or Delegates au18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 


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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

8 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex9 pired discretionary funds made available under this head10 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

11 and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government 

12 Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ 

13 no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 

14 fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur15 poses for which appropriated, to be available for carrying 

16 out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 

17 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That not19 withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

20 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 

21 prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 

22 monthly and session basis. 


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1 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

2 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses of the public information programs of 

6 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

7 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

8 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 

9 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

10 and designated depository and international exchange li11 braries as authorized by law, $31,296,000: Provided, That 

12 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 

13 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi14 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica15 tions for fiscal years 2018 and 2019 to depository and 

16 other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli17 gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 

18 funds made available under this heading in this Act for 

19 this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, 

20 funds under the heading ‘‘Government Publishing Office 

21 Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no later than the 

22 end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 

23 which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

24 appropriated, to be available for carrying out the purposes 

25 of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

2 Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

4 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

5 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

6 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,704,000, to re7 main available until expended, for information technology 

8 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov9 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

10 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

11 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

12 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

13 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

14 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

15 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

16 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

17 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

18 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc19 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

20 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro21 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

22 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

23 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

24 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

25 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 


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1 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

2 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

3 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

4 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

5 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

6 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

7 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

8 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur9 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper10 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

11 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

12 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

13 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

14 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv15 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

16 the District of Columbia. 

17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

22 the United States in connection with official representa23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

24 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

25 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 


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1 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

7 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for10 eign countries, $615,604,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

11 $24,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

12 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

13 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur14 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad15 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

16 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

17 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

18 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

19 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

20 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

21 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

22 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

23 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi24 nanced. 


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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

6 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

7 $5,800,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup8 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en9 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi10 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi11 cials of the central government of Russia. 

12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

13 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub15 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

18 $430,000. 

19 TITLE II 

20 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

21 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

22 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

23 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 

24 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

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1 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

2 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

3 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

4 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

5 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

6 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

7 2020 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

8 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

9 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

10 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

11 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

12 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

13 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab14 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des15 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re16 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

17 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi18 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep19 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

20 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

21 with respect thereto. 

22 CONSULTING SERVICES

23 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

24 under this Act for any consulting service through procure25 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

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1 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

2 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

3 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

4 under existing law. 

5 COSTS OF LBFMC

6 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex7 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

8 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

9 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

10 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

11 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

12 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla13 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

14 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

15 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

16 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

17 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in18 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

19 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro20 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

21 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

22 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

23 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

24 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

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1 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

2 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

3 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

4 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

5 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

6 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

7 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

8 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in9 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo10 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re11 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

12 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

13 the Capitol. 

14 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

15 PROCUREMENT

16 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth17 erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac18 quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 

19 Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-im20 pact or moderate-impact information system, as defined 

21 for security categorization in the National Institute of 

22 Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information 

23 Processing Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Se24 curity Categorization of Federal Information and Informa25 tion Systems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity 

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1 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor2 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

3 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

4 moderate-impact information systems within the 

5 Federal Government; 

6 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre7 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 

8 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

9 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

10 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

11 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

12 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio13 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

14 such system, including any risk associated with such 

15 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

16 by one or more entities identified by the United 

17 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ18 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di19 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

20 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

21 People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa22 tion. 

23 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

24 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

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1 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

2 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

3 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

4 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

5 strategy for any identified risks; 

6 (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and 

7 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that the acqui8 sition of such system is in the vital national security 

9 interest of the United States; and 

10 (3) reported that determination to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa12 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

13 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de14 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 

15 (1), provided that such report may include a classi16 fied annex as necessary. 

17 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

18 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 

19 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

20 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

21 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

22 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

23 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

24 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi25 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 

26 or other official government activities. 


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1 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

2 SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 

3 that contract with a food service provider or providers 

4 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 

5 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 

6 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 

7 waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 

8 items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni9 ties. 

10 AUTHORITY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

11 DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM

12 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

13 law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise 

14 made available under this Act to pay the compensation 

15 of an officer or employee without regard to the officer’s 

16 or employee’s immigration status if the officer or employee 

17 has been issued an employment authorization document 

18 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro19 gram of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established 

20 pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of 

21 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial 

22 Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

23 United States as Children’’, dated June 15, 2012. 

24 . 

25 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap26 propriations Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 41 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2779 

[Report No. 116–64] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 

MAY 16, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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